This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------BF54045CBAFDEFF53EDD5740 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------BF54045CBAFDEFF53EDD5740 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="bhemp52.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="bhemp52.txt" Biographies: L. B. "Lacy" Hemperly, 1952, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. From: January 24, 1952 Winn Parish Enterprise "Know Your Neighbor" Column Hemperly Operats Sub-Station For La. Power L. B. "Lacy" Hemperly, service man and substation operator with Louisiana Power and Light Company has been working with the power company in Winn Parish eight years. He has seen business grown from 35 customers in Winn to a total now of about 1450, with power lines serving every community in the parish. Before coming to Winnfield as service man, Hemperly was in construction with Louisiana Power and Light in the West Monroe District. As service man, he and a crew of two other men answer calls 24 hours a day from customers. Worst times for service calls are during and following wind, electrical, or ice storms when lines are broken or damaged. Electric subscribers sometimes report a power failure resulting from a bird getting caught between the ground wire and conductor, Hemperly said. The substation on Horseshoe Road is a transformer station for power used in this Parish. The business office is located in the same building with the Joyce Post Office. The three way radio system used by service trucks in this area has its station here and is kept in operation during any emergency which might require dispatching a service crew. Hemperly is a native of Erie, Arkansas, and his family moved to Leesville when he was about 10 years old. He has lived in the parish since 1931. During the last war, he worked as construction foreman for a New Orleans firm building army bases at Polk and Claiborne. He also worked for 10 years as telegraph and signal agent for KCS railways in Texarkana and DeQueen, Ark. Hemperly is married to the former Hazel Payne of Dodson and they have two children, a son and a daughter, both married. He is a member of the Methodist Church and of the local Lions Club. --------------BF54045CBAFDEFF53EDD5740--